{"id":20709,"date":"2026-09-28T20:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/ill-put-the-kettle-on-means-ill-boil-water-for-a-drink\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:34:01","slug":"ill-put-the-kettle-on-means-ill-boil-water-for-a-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/ill-put-the-kettle-on-means-ill-boil-water-for-a-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ll put the kettle on.\u201d\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u5e38\u662f\u5728\u8bf4\u201c\u559d\u70b9\u4ec0\u4e48\u5427\u201d\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/public-assets.geoffreychen.com\/wordpress\/articles\/ill-put-the-kettle-on-means-ill-boil-water-for-a-drink\/10b0f57f1027fe23e551aab6.jpg?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u201cI\u2019ll put the kettle on.\u201d\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u5e38\u662f\u5728\u8bf4\u201c\u559d\u70b9\u4ec0\u4e48\u5427\u201d\uff1f\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll put the kettle on.\u201d\u5b57\u9762\u662f\u5f00\u59cb\u70e7\u6c34\uff0c\u901a\u5e38\u51c6\u5907\u8336\u6216\u5496\u5561\u3002\u8fd9\u91cc\u7684 on \u4e0d\u662f\u628a\u6c34\u58f6\u201c\u653e\u5728\u67d0\u7269\u4e0a\u201d\uff0c\u800c\u662f\u8ba9\u5b83\u5f00\u59cb\u5de5\u4f5c\uff1b\u7535\u6c34\u58f6\u548c\u7089\u4e0a\u6c34\u58f6\u90fd\u9002\u7528\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u5728\u6fb3\u6d32\u548c\u82f1\u56fd\u65e5\u5e38\u4ea4\u6d41\u4e2d\uff0c\u8fd9\u53e5\u8bdd\u4e5f\u5e38\u81ea\u7136\u5730\u8868\u793a\u62db\u5f85\uff1a\u5148\u70e7\u6c34\uff0c\u518d\u5750\u4e0b\u8bf4\u8bdd\u3002\u5b83\u4e0d\u7b49\u4e8e\u6b63\u5f0f\u9080\u8bf7\uff0c\u4e5f\u4e0d\u4fdd\u8bc1\u53ea\u559d\u8336\u3002<\/p>\n<p>A: You look frozen. 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